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BLACK GHOST
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HEAD
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Black
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TAIL
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A small bunch of yellow hackle fibers
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BODY
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Of black silk, dressed rather heavily and tapered slightly at both
ends
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RIBBING
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Medium flat silver tinsel
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THROAT
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A small bunch of yellow hackle fibers
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WING
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Four white saddle hackles
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CHEEKS
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Jungle Cock
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Undoubtedly, one of the most famous streamers ever tied - and with good
reason. Quite possibly the most effective streamer pattern on the
planet. Maybe one of the most effective FLIES - PERIOD. If I had to take
only one streamer out with me, this would be the one. No fly fisher
should be out on the water without at least a couple in his fly
box/wallet. Have I made my point? It is more common today to see this
fly tied with a marabou wing, to which it converts very nicely, rather
than the original feather wing. Herbie preferred saddle hackle to neck
hackle for his featherwing streamers, claiming they had better action in
the water.
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